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exploding bullets on impact...is this real or are people guessing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1762280" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>My first big game animal was a bull elk in the mid '80's. Based on a recommendation from my elk-hunting mentor (not a very successful hunter), I used a 7mm RM with a 162g Hornady InterLock. Didn't have a chrono back then but book data indicated around 3000fps MV.</p><p></p><p>Shot a bull elk at about 100 yards. The bullet hit a rib dead center, cratering the back side, then passed through the elk, missing or barely nicking a rib on the far side and coming to rest under the hide. Retained bullet weight was under 48%. </p><p></p><p>There was no 'splash', but I wasn't happy with the results, either. Yup, the elk died. But there was no exit, which felt was due to low weight retention. And I felt the bullet should have retained more weight given that only one bone was hit.</p><p></p><p>The next year I switched to Speer Grand Slams and it took 20 years to recover one - all the others were pass-throughs. The one I recovered destroyed both shoulder joints on a nice 5x6 bull, coming to rest peeking out of the joint on the far side. Retained weight was over 70%.</p><p></p><p>Since then I used Grand Slams for the next 20 years or so. In 2015 I used one again and recovered it from another 5x6 bull ten at 411 yards, 4 steps and down. These days I tend to use tipped Barnes, Nosler AccuBond, Swift A-Frame, Swift Scirocco II and North Fork in my bolt guns and reserve the standard cup-and-core for my handguns and leverguns. I don't see any need to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1762280, member: 110773"] My first big game animal was a bull elk in the mid '80's. Based on a recommendation from my elk-hunting mentor (not a very successful hunter), I used a 7mm RM with a 162g Hornady InterLock. Didn't have a chrono back then but book data indicated around 3000fps MV. Shot a bull elk at about 100 yards. The bullet hit a rib dead center, cratering the back side, then passed through the elk, missing or barely nicking a rib on the far side and coming to rest under the hide. Retained bullet weight was under 48%. There was no 'splash', but I wasn't happy with the results, either. Yup, the elk died. But there was no exit, which felt was due to low weight retention. And I felt the bullet should have retained more weight given that only one bone was hit. The next year I switched to Speer Grand Slams and it took 20 years to recover one - all the others were pass-throughs. The one I recovered destroyed both shoulder joints on a nice 5x6 bull, coming to rest peeking out of the joint on the far side. Retained weight was over 70%. Since then I used Grand Slams for the next 20 years or so. In 2015 I used one again and recovered it from another 5x6 bull ten at 411 yards, 4 steps and down. These days I tend to use tipped Barnes, Nosler AccuBond, Swift A-Frame, Swift Scirocco II and North Fork in my bolt guns and reserve the standard cup-and-core for my handguns and leverguns. I don't see any need to change. [/QUOTE]
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